Monday, September 30, 2013

Creative Silence

 

This has been a hard quilt to complete. So many ideas were discarded as problematic.  It came together in a week by combining two elements:  reading, for me a solitary and quiet pursuit and taking pictures of buildings on a recent trip. The church that the window is based on was closed and silent as I walked past but the walls were full of rich detail and from the notices it has a vibrant life at other times.
 
 
In keeping with the theme “Sounds of Silence” I tried some hand work: Hand appliqué ( not such a silent pastime as the little pieces kept wriggling around in spite of the liberal use of pins and rulers), hand embroidery and hand quilting. I did use some machine work but aimed to keep the machine quilting “quiet” and understated. The book pages came from two books I have had for many years, rereading them until they are falling to bits. These were scanned and printed onto fabric using Bubble Jet 2000. Other techniques: Raw edge appliqué using Bond a Web, piecing and embroidery with perlé cotton

8 comments:

  1. Margy, I guessed that this quilt is yours!
    Great job and very interesting!

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  2. Margy, given your anxiety at the moment, this is a very tranquil work. I love the idea of the text you printed, and the hand stitching adds considerably to the complexity. Love the context and the abstract design.

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  3. Lovely piece of tranquility. I love the book-pages, as if taken from a bible to go with the church.

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  4. Margy, this is a very reflective piece, taking my mind to a silent place whilst viewing your work. I enjoy your use of quiet colours, and the dimension you intoduced by the buildings. Lovely.

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  5. Your quilt radiates peaceful silence to me. Sabine

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  6. I just love the way you have combined text with hand embriodery. The piece is visually interesting with the play of contrast and shapes.

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  7. Love your very graphic depiction of two quiet activities. Great combination of technique and materials.

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  8. I love the repetition of shape in your quilt with the feeling of depth and receding you have achieved with the overlap. Visual interest is sustained by your excellent use of colour and text. Very well done.

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